Senior Software Engineer
Pubblicato il 25-08-2026 - Canonical in Italia
Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is very widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation and Io T. Our customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders in many sectors. We are hiring a Software Engineering Manager to lead Multipass, the workstation mini-cloud at your fingertips. Multipass is published for mac OS, Windows, and also Linux. The goal is not to be a full cloud, of course. The goal is to give developers a local cloud experience on their workstation, which they can use to run builds in the background, or to try cloud appliances, or to test their own cloud deployments and cloud-init scripts, free of charge. People sometimes use it as a build farm on a shared server, for example. You are expected to help them grow as engineers, do important work, do it outstandingly well, find professional and personal satisfaction,
and work well with colleagues and the community. Technical leadership experience and a background in software engineering are necessary prerequisites for this role. You will be expected to lead, challenge, and develop engineers, positively influence the culture, facilitate technical delivery, and work with your team on strategy and execution. The successful candidate will have experience leading successful, collaborative engineering teams, and demonstrate the ability to solve challenging problems. Location This is a remote position available in EMEA and the Americas. Role entails Lead a team of remote engineers Develop talent through coaching, mentoring, feedback and hands-on career development Set and manage expectations with other engineering teams, senior management, and external stakeholders Advocate and advance modern software development practices Participate in the engineering process through code and architectural